The National
Broadcasting Council

Polish President Karol Nawrocki has issued a statement concerning the National Broadcasting Council's (KRRiT) Annual Report for 2025. Rejecting the arguments put forward by the Sejm and the Senate, the President gave a positive assessment of KRRiT's work to date, allowing the current Council to continue serving its term of office.

Developing a National Media Literacy Strategy, coordinating activities at the national level, defining a framework of media literacy competencies for citizens, and introducing media literacy as a separate subject in schools were among the key proposals put forward at the inaugural meeting of the Media Education Council, an advisory body to the Chair of the National Broadcasting Council (KRRiT). The Council also elected its leadership, with Dr Wojciech Lis appointed Chair and Marta Kielczyk Vice-Chair.

Dr Agnieszka Glapiak has appointed 18 experts to the Media Education Council, representing academia, the legal profession and the media industry, with expertise in areas including social communication, emerging technologies and cybersecurity. The newly established advisory body will support the National Broadcasting Council (KRRiT) in its media literacy initiatives.

The National Broadcasting Council has published its summary of the first half of 2026 in public media. During this period, the KRRiT transferred more than PLN 291 million in subscription fee funds to public broadcasters, assessed the state of fulfilment of the public service mission, began work on plans for 2027, and intervened on key issues affecting the media market. At the same time, more than two years after public media were placed into liquidation, no genuine liquidation activities are being carried out. The companies continue to receive billions of zlotys in subsidies from the state budget. Nor has the government-promised reform of public media materialised.

The Supreme Audit Office's (NIK) report on measures to protect children and young people online confirms the importance of the National Broadcasting Council's (KRRiT's) remit in establishing an effective system for the protection of minors in the digital environment. The NIK's findings indicate that, between 2020 and 2025, the KRRiT's expertise and knowledge regarding mechanisms for the protection of minors, research findings, regulatory experience and solutions for verifying users' ages were not utilised in the development of systemic solutions.

The recent FIFA World Cup introduced a new approach to the organisation of television broadcasts. The introduction of so-called 'hydration breaks' during matches, during which advertisements were shown, raised numerous questions from viewers regarding the compliance of such practices with current regulations. We therefore provide the following clarification regarding the rules on the broadcasting of adverts during sports events.

Dr Agnieszka Glapiak firmly rejected all allegations levelled against the National Broadcasting Council during a session of the Senate of the Republic of Poland devoted to the consideration of the KRRiT's Activity Report for 2025. The Chairwoman presented specific arguments refuting the false information. She emphasised that the KRRiT's activities should be assessed on the basis of facts, not political arguments.

On Thursday, 2 July, the fifth plenary session of the European Board for Media Services (EBMS) was held in hybrid format. Dr Agnieszka Glapiak, Chair of the National Broadcasting Council, took part in the meeting online.

The crisis facing public media, standards for covering the presidential campaign, protection of freedom of speech, the safety of internet users, and the challenges of implementing new European regulations - these were the issues discussed by Dr Agnieszka Glapiak during a sitting of the Committee on Culture, National Heritage and Public Media. Today, Sejm committee heard KRRiT's Report on its 2025 activities. In her address, the Chair of the National Broadcasting Council stressed that protecting freedom of speech, the right to information, and the public interest in radio and television remains KRRiT's priority.

Media literacy, countering disinformation, and building an informed information society were the main themes of the conference entitled 'Get to Grips with the Media - Aware in the World of Information', organised by the National Broadcasting Council (KRRiT). The event saw the presentation of the results of a nationwide survey on media use, and KRRiT announced further initiatives in the field of media education, including the establishment of a Media Education Council.